Training & Education

click here to be directed to the Education Foundation

Education Foundation

Training & Education

Kimguard® Sterile Wrap Scholarship

The Kimberly-Clark Kimguard® Sterile Wrap scholarship program has been developed in conjunction with the Federation of Sterilising Research Advisory Council of Australia (FSRACA) and the New Zealand Sterile Services Association (NZSSA) to provide special recognition for Sterile Service professionals.

Send your submission to your SRACA State President or NZSSA President by close of business Wednesday 1st December 2010.

There are two Scholarship Categories available:

CSSD Scholarship CSSD Technician Scholarship
Managers and Technicians Technicians exclusively
Sterile Service change Improvement of which you have been the principal project organiser One improvement activity that has helped you as a CSSD professional or helped your hospital
Paper documenting the sterile service change improvement in 2,000 words Poster or PowerPoint presentation the an improvement in 750 words
National Australian Award AU$2,500 National New Zealand Award NZ$3,00
(2 opportunities in total)
Australian State award AU$500 (one per state)
New Zealand award NZ$600
(7 opportunities in total)

Members of FSRACA and NZSSA are eligible to apply.

To get more information and an application form, download the scholarship flyer:
CSSD Scholarship 2010 FSRACA, NZSSA, KIMGUARD [PDF, 3 pages, 299 kB]

Our 2009 Kimguard® Sterile Wrap Scholarship winners (pictured here with FSRACA President 2009 Teressa Normington) include Craig Leach from Flinders Private Hospital in the Technician Scholarship Category for “Making Lifting Easy” and Maria Anderson from Mater Hospital Brisbane in the Manager Scholarship Category for “Improving CSSD Staff compliance to mandatory organisation Education”.
Both of their submissions can be viewed in the following links:

We are very proud of our previous Scholarship winners......


Get the free Acrobat reader

You will need the free Adobe Reader to view and print the downloadable documents from this page.